What Is Beeswax? Beeswax Against Paraffine!
What Is Beeswax?
Honeybees make natural beeswax throughout the year. It is yellow/orange in color and has a honey scent. Workers have wax rags that allow them to create this famous wax. It is a necessary product for the life of the hive that the beekeeper harvests at the end of the season. After the honey is extracted, only empty wax combs remain. The wax is melted and then recovered in the form of wax cakes. These wax blocks will then be filtered to remove the pollen. They will then be mechanically converted into wax nuggets. To elaborate, wax is made up of esters and fatty acids, the latter being an emulsifier, and this is one of the reasons beeswax is used in creams.
How Do Bees Make Wax?
Bees are the only creatures that make their building materials. Worker bees build honeycombs to create a place to raise their young or store food. Next, bees eat honey to make beeswax. To obtain 1 kg of wax, approximately 7 kg of love is required. After the honey is ingested, the bees hang in the colony for 24 hours as their bodies transform into beeswax. Beeswax is secreted by eight glands located under the bee's abdomen. When the wax leaves the bee's body and comes into contact with the air, it solidifies and turns into plate-shaped scales. The bees then hold these wax sheets with their legs, bring them to their jaws, and chew to soften the wax. Then they carefully roll the resin into a hexagonal shape.
How Beeswax Cleans the Air?
Burning wax produces negative ions that circulate the room and attract pollutants, just as a magnet attracts iron filings. Dust, odor, mold, bacteria, viruses, and other toxins are captured and neutralized. Beeswax cleans your air.
Beeswax Against Paraffine!
Why Opt for 100% Natural Candles?
Today, there are three main types of candles: paraffin, vegetable wax, and beeswax. If the last two do not pose any problem concerning toxic fumes, this is not the case for the first. Paraffin is obtained from petroleum refining and therefore has nothing natural about it. Additionally, synthetic fragrances are often added to paraffin candles. With heat and combustion, these different components emit toxic substances such as benzene or formaldehyde, for example. These substances can irritate the respiratory tract and contribute to indoor air pollution. However, we spend 80% of our time indoors in the office or at home. You can burn wax in a stuffy room without fear of contamination. Many reports that lighting a candle in the bedroom for about 30 minutes before falling asleep provides more restful sleep.
On the other hand, paraffin is an oil waste made from sludge from refining gasoline and petrochemicals. Paraffin does not produce negative ions and therefore contributes to pollutants in your home. People with respiratory problems and those who do not want to develop such issues should not use paraffin candles. In addition, burning paraffin produces toxic combustion byproducts, many of which are known to be carcinogenic. Breathing fumes from paraffin candles is the same as breathing exhaust fumes from a diesel engine.
Care and Burning Beeswax Waxes
Beeswax candles burn longer, if not longer than paraffin candles. They are brighter and cleaner. Please don't leave a burning candle unattended. Close up on a flat surface. Remember to put it on a candle plate if it drips. If the candle starts to look "dusty," it's just honey in the wax that has risen to the surface. To make your candle look shiny and new, buff it with a damp cloth.
